聯合翻譯 引用自 Taipei Times http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2014/05/10/2003589956
After the 12-year compulsory education system goes into effect this year, the Ministry of Education is limiting tuition waivers to students from families with a combined annual income below NT$1.48 million (US$49,158). The Taoyuan County Government’s Education Bureau has lowered the subsidy benchmark, offering tuition waivers to families with two or more children, one of whom starts senior-high school this year, regardless of whether the family’s annual income exceeds the ministry’s stipulated amount. It is estimated that more than 2,000 students will receive waivers this way. The new policy goes into full effect during the 2016 academic year.
The 12-year compulsory education system goes online in August. The ministry’s tuition waiver policy for senior-high schools and vocational high schools will give all vocational high-school students tuition waivers, which includes both private and public schools, while general high-school students must be from households with a combined annual income that does not exceed NT$1.48 million. Tuition will be waived for both private and public high-school students falling into that category. No subsidies will be offered to public high-school students from households with an annual income exceeding that amount, while a subsidy of NT$5,000 will be given to private high-school students. Public and private high school tuitions will also be standardized — NT$6,240 per semester for the former and NT$22,800 per semester for the latter.
Last year the bureau set a budget of more than NT$20 million and decided to offer subsidies to students from households with annual incomes exceeding NT$1.48 million, which gained acceptance in the Taoyuan County Council, making it the only county or city in the nation offering subsidies to high-school students who would be ineligible for tuition waivers based on the ministry’s requirements, which exclude students from wealthier households. According to the bureau’s subsidy requirements, students are exempt from paying tuition if they are from a household registered in Taoyuan County with two or more students, and if one of them are starting high school this year.
Some parents have criticized the move because the economy is in a slump and say that taxes paid to the government should be used where it counts. Calculations show that the ministry’s set standard for excluding wealthier students from tuition waivers comes out to an average monthly income exceeding NT$120,000, which surpasses the combined income for most households, meaning the standard is already quite relaxed. When comparing tuition at the most expensive private school for one academic year, tuition for one high-school student falling in the excluded wealthy student category would only be 3 percent of the household’s annual income. For a public high school, tuition would be less than 1 percent of annual income. The bureau would nevertheless still offer subsidies to these students, which some parents say is a waste of money.
聯合翻譯 引用自 Taipei Times http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2014/05/10/2003589956
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